The whole conversation about being a great leader is learning what it is you need to do. I’ll show you how to be that calm, systematic, pragmatic, innovative leader in this month’s Growth, Leadership and Management Tip.
The number one skill you need to have as a leader is the ability to keep calm. You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf, and this current crisis is actually your best opportunity to demonstrate great leadership skills.
In any crisis, you need to be pragmatic, which means being able to think through the situation to get to the other side of it. And then you need to be systematic in your process for understanding all the options you have available.
Finally, you must be innovative in order to create new solutions to solve real problems. To be a calm, systematic, pragmatic, innovative leader you also need to be really close to your people and I’ll outline ways to do that for you. This moment is a call to leadership. It requires you to be human first, and a great agent, too.
I hope you’ve enjoyed this month’s Growth, Leadership and Management Tip, and I look forward to seeing you here again next month.